In jailhouse visitation recordings made after Jacksonville car shop owner Jasmin Osmanovic was arrested in a plot to extort $50,000 from a Ponte Vedra Beach man, the 26-year-old says he was an "idiot" who made huge mistakes.

In a nod to late State Senator Jim King, the Florida Legislature this year approved one of his final measures: A license plate providing funding for the St. Johns River Alliance for education and conservation projects along the river.

King had worked on the bill through the end of his final session, but it became a "train" for other, more controversial license plate proposals and ultimately died.

In largely conservative St. Johns County, the Democratic Party is trying to boost its image and numbers with the help of some of its youngest members.

The emergence of a young Democrats organization comes with hopes of chipping away, over time, at the GOP’s stronghold in the area.

Republicans outnumber Democrats by a more than a 2-to-1 margin in St. Johns County and the GOP has notable influence. State Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine and chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, also is a GOP committeeman there.

She pleaded no contest in case; judge said she was not qualified for youthful offender consideration

The only person to plead no contest to drug trafficking in a case involving the family of missing Haleigh Cummings was sentenced to 15 years in prison this morning.

Hope Sykes was 18 when she was arrested in January on a charge of trafficking after she, her cousin Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin were recorded selling 25 hydrocodone pills in an undercover officer's car.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH - Seven fish kills this month in the northern end of St. Johns County have state wildlife officials baffled about the cause.

Several hundred fish were found dead from April 14 to 18 in inland waters near the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Ponte Vedra Boulevard, Corona Road, Lake Road and Rutile Drive.

"The probable cause is still unknown, so we're still investigating," said Karen Parker, spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. "It looks like hundreds of fish. Everybody's saying on the reports that the water looks normal."

PONTE VEDRA BEACH - Seven fish kills this month in the northern end of St. Johns County have state wildlife officials baffled about the cause.

Several hundred fish were found dead from April 14 to 18 in inland waters near the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Ponte Vedra Boulevard, Corona Road, Lake Road and Rutile Drive.

"The probable cause is still unknown, so we're still investigating," said Karen Parker, spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. "It looks like hundreds of fish. Everybody's saying on the reports that the water looks normal."

A little-noticed bill would enable the Florida Department of Children and Families for the first time to ask a court to decide whether a mentally or physically impaired adult needs a guardian.

Supporters say the legislation will remove a roadblock that stalls or blocks state services designed to protect vulnerable adults from abuse and neglect. The House passed the bill unanimously Wednesday; a Senate vote is expected this week.